Smoke Hole Bergamot

Monarda brevis

Found in limestone outcrops, cliffs, barrens, and glades, and on limestone talus. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), Northern Tier edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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County records are not available.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Limestone cedar glade. Shown: Pennyroyal Plain, Simpson County, Kentucky, a neighboring state.Cedar glade in the Pennyroyal Plain, Simpson County, Mason Brock (Masebrock), undated. Public domain. Source record.

Cliffs, ledges and rocky summits

Cliffs, ledges, rock outcrops, talus and rocky summits where the source does not name the rock. A named rock files the place under its own glade or outcrop type instead.

All habitats

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in West Virginia. Shared habitat, not food. 130 animals.

American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
Birds. 5 shared habitats
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Brown Creeper
Certhia americana
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Common Raven
Corvus corax
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Dark-eyed Junco
Junco hyemalis
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Birds. 5 shared habitats
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Hairy Woodpecker
Picoides villosus
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Birds. 5 shared habitats
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Birds. 5 shared habitats

All wildlife of West Virginia

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

12CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Monarda

Anterastria teratophoraGrey Marvel, White Spotted Jaspidia
Eosphoropteryx thyatyroidesPink-Patched Looper Moth
Lintneria eremitusHermit Sphinx
Orthodes majusculaRustic Quaker, Rustic Groundcat
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Pyrausta orphisalisOrange Mint Moth, Orange Spotted Pyrausta
Pyrausta signatalisRaspberry Pyrausta
Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
Chionodes fondella
Pyrausta generosa